The idea for this intensive came to me as I was reading Laverne Waddington's blog backstrapweaving.blogspot.com. She had recently visited a weaving school in Massachusetts and I got to thinking about how much fun it would be to spend a week doing just about nothing but weaving. But, I'm not really thinking of learning any new techniques right now, I simply want to weave, weave, weave and not need to stop to attend to life's other necessities such as food shopping, cooking and cleaning up afterward. I do enjoy those things, it's just that sometimes I find myself so involved with a weaving project that I can hardly tear myself away from it to go cook.

Then it came to me - what if I did a weaving intensive right here at home. I could have all my meals prepared for me and get all the shopping for them done in advance. The focus would be on techniques I already know. I ran the idea by my resident Chef and he was completely willing, able, and ready to fully participate! Excellent! - that was a key ingredient.

Now, to plan the projects and prepare the looms. The idea was to spend the week just weaving, not planning projects and dressing looms. I love planning projects and dressing looms, so the weeks before the intensive were lots of fun. Now it is Sunday afternoon, the day before the intensive begins. All preparations are complete. There are 28.5 hours to wait until the fun begins!